HTA License Holder

Dr Debra Patten
University of Newcastle

As Director of Anatomy and Clinical Skills at Newcastle
University and Human Tissue Authority (HTA) Designated Individual,
I have the legal responsibility for the regulated activities of
anatomical examination at Newcastle University and its satellite
sites, namely, Durham University Queen's Campus, the Temporal Bone
Laboratory at James Cook University Hospital Middlesbrough and the
Newcastle Surgical Training Centre at Freeman Hospital.

I have a lead responsibility for developing the teaching
strategy for anatomy and clinical skills, ensuring that the
teaching methods used are innovative and produce successful
outcomes for our students. I am a member of the Executive
Committee of Newcastle Surgical Training Centre which uses human
tissues for surgical skills simulation and places Newcastle upon
Tyne Hospitals Trust at the forefront of surgical skills training
in UK.

I am a graduate of the University of Sheffield (Anatomy and Cell
Biology) and I gained my PhD in Neuropharmacology at the University
of Durham. I hold a Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice
from the University of Southampton. My academic interests and
publications are focussed on anatomy and clinical skills,
particularly related to innovations in anatomy teaching, learning
and assessment; I have led the introduction of ultrasound into
undergraduate anatomy teaching. I have been teaching anatomy
for fifteen years and my expertise in the field has been recognised
by both the Higher Education Academy and the CETL4HealthNE.